[pubmed] Efficacy and safety of tacrolimus as long-term monotherapy for myasthenia gravis
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[pubmed] Efficacy and safety of tacrolimus as long-term monotherapy for myasthenia gravis
Neuromuscul Disord. 2021 Feb 23:S0960-8966(21)00038-9. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2021.02.010. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
The objective was to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of tacrolimus monotherapy in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients. Immunosuppressive drug-naïve MG patients were administered tacrolimus, followed by thymectomy in some of the cases according to the clinical guideline for MG. Additional aggressive immunosuppressive therapies were allowed if the patients without thymectomy did not achieve minimal manifestation (MM) or better status after 3 weeks of tacrolimus administration or in the thymectomized patients by 1-2 weeks after the operation (i.e., 1st evaluation). Of all 14 patients included in this study, 8 of them (57%) achieved MM or better status at the 1st evaluation, and the remaining 6 (43%), who had failed to gain MM or better status at the 1st evaluation, also achieved MM or better status with 1 course of aggressive immunosuppressive therapy. The quantitative MG (QMG) scores, MG-Activities of Daily Living (ADL) scales, and anti-acetylcholine receptor (AchR) antibody levels were significantly decreased at 6 months and maintained thereafter. At the end of the follow-up period (41-70 months), all patients were in MM or better status. None of the patients experienced severe adverse effects. Our small preliminary study indicates that long-term tacrolimus monotherapy is possibly effective and safe for MG patients.
PMID:33903022 | DOI:10.1016/j.nmd.2021.02.010
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3390302 ... 6&v=2.14.4
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